Winner of five Hugo Honours, Michael Swanwick is an icon within the fantasy community. The Dragons of Babel offers drawn sterling evaluations for its mixture of marvelous elements with post-industrial atmosphere. After breaking his enslavement to a mechanised war dragon, Will le Fey winds up in the extraordinary town of Babel, where fairies of each type make their house. Trying to find his place, Will quickly finds himself filling up a leadership function. ‘. a heady literary stew. That is contemporary dream at its finest and really should hold great appeal for fans .’-Publishers Weekly, starred review